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We're leaving on February 5th for a month in New Zealand, so stays tuned. Until then...
Wednesday, 24 January 2018
Wednesday, 14 May 2014
Surprise !! One more post...
I got on a roll and decided to post our African Safari photos from 2012. Trust me, these are worth taking a peek at, especially if you like animal photos.
You can find them here .
I promise this is the last post.
You can find them here .
I promise this is the last post.
Friday, 9 May 2014
Final photos and videos
Wednesday, 26 March 2014
Just in case anyone wants to see it....
I have posted the video from the Land Rover trip on YouTube. It includes most of the stuff up to the point where we get unstuck. After that, it was just too dark too video anything. You'll get the idea, though. You can find it here .
We're still sorting through photos. Once we're done, we'll post them all on Flickr.
We're still sorting through photos. Once we're done, we'll post them all on Flickr.
Thursday, 20 March 2014
Heading Home
Today is our last day in Buenos Aires. It's a big, exciting city with tons of things to do but we decided to take advantage of the nice weather and do as many outdoor activities as possible. So there has been a lot of walking, a little shopping and way more food than necessary. I feel as though we have spent the last 6 days eating our way around the city.
The beef is to die for but everything else has been excellent as well. The portions are enormous and the restaurants don't even open until 8PM so our meals have been late. Needless to say, we've been going to bed with full stomachs. I feel as though I've gained a pile of weight since we arrived in B.A. And I can feel my arteries hardening from all of the delicious red meat that I've consumed but the good news is that my clothes still fit.
Things are very affordable for us in B.A. It is a bit more expensive than the other places that we've visited but not by a lot. We've been getting around mainly by taxi because they cost so little. The drivers here are crazy! There is a lot of traffic, no stop signs at most intersections, people ignore the lines on the road and the traffic lights and cars drive inches away from each other. Some of the streets have 14 lanes going in each direction and cars routinely make turns from 3 lanes over. That is not a typo. Many of the streets are massively wide. So much so that on some streets, pedestrians need a few lights to make it all he way across the street. Apparently, traffic signals, where they exist, are just a recommendation. Drivers frequently just drive through red lights-even with police standing right there! It is chaos. You can see all kinds of cars with scrapes and dents so it is obvious that there is frequent contact. And pedestrians just walk out into traffic as though they are playing Chicken. You pretty much have to race across the streets when there is a small gap in traffic because you could stand on the curb until you are 80 years old waiting for traffic to stop and let you walk across.
Yesterday, we were in Puerto Madero. It was previously a port with dry docks and assorted industrial enterprises. Today, it is being revitalized and it has a series of boardwalks, parks, conservation areas, restaurants and condos. It's a really nice area with loads of parkland. We finished up there in rush hour and flagged down a taxi to take us home. Driving in rush hour was an experience in itself. That chaos that I mentioned previously times 10. Ay, Ay, Ay! I could never drive here. To make any headway, drivers are zig-zagging all over the road, kind of tunnelling their way through traffic. And the funny thing about it is that, as our taxi driver was driving all over the road, including driving on the wrong side of a double solid line, and cutting in front of anyone that he got close to, he was shaking his head and and gesturing to all of the other drivers!
Our entire trip has been wonderful. Our primary objectives were to:
- Escape winter - Mission accomplished. For most of our trip, we had even warmer weather than expected. And we only had 3 days of rain! Bonus!
- Trek in Patagonia - Mission accomplished. We had some really great trekking days.
- See beautiful scenery - I think that the scenery exceeded expectations. It was amazing everywhere that we went. And more diverse than expected between each location.
- have some cultural experiences and learn more about how people live here. - Check. We did a lot of really fun things such as attend the Boca Juniors game. It was great fun and gave us really good insight into the lives of ordinary Argentinians.
- practice our Spanish - Lost cause. But really the only goal that wasn't achieved.
We are both surprised at what we missed while we have been away. Surprisingly, TV hasn't been a concern for Gord. When we are in Toronto, the TV is on from morning until bedtime but, we didn't have a tv for most of the time and it wasn't missed. That's probably because a lot of days, we've been out all day and we just crash when we get back to our room. It has been difficult to adjust to the way that they eat. Nothing but carbs and sugar for breakfast. Too much bread. Cakes and pastries at every meal. Hardly any vegetables. Giant portions of meat. Late, late dinners. So we both miss eating what we normally eat and when we normally eat it. Gord is looking forward to pancakes, peanut butter sandwiches and pizza. I am looking forward to a vegetable omelette (without the ham and cheese) and a big salad with lots of vegetables (free of ham and cheese). Did I mention that I am off of ham and cheese for a while?
It isn't lost on us how lucky we are to have been able to take this trip and to do everything that we have done. It has been a really great experience and we will do it again, in a different destination, if we have the chance. And I would return here, too. There's lots to do and see and many things are inexpensive. We don't have a plan for another big trip yet and we'll probably wait for a while before we think too much about it. We at least need to sort through our photos from this trip first.
Signing off for now.
The beef is to die for but everything else has been excellent as well. The portions are enormous and the restaurants don't even open until 8PM so our meals have been late. Needless to say, we've been going to bed with full stomachs. I feel as though I've gained a pile of weight since we arrived in B.A. And I can feel my arteries hardening from all of the delicious red meat that I've consumed but the good news is that my clothes still fit.
Things are very affordable for us in B.A. It is a bit more expensive than the other places that we've visited but not by a lot. We've been getting around mainly by taxi because they cost so little. The drivers here are crazy! There is a lot of traffic, no stop signs at most intersections, people ignore the lines on the road and the traffic lights and cars drive inches away from each other. Some of the streets have 14 lanes going in each direction and cars routinely make turns from 3 lanes over. That is not a typo. Many of the streets are massively wide. So much so that on some streets, pedestrians need a few lights to make it all he way across the street. Apparently, traffic signals, where they exist, are just a recommendation. Drivers frequently just drive through red lights-even with police standing right there! It is chaos. You can see all kinds of cars with scrapes and dents so it is obvious that there is frequent contact. And pedestrians just walk out into traffic as though they are playing Chicken. You pretty much have to race across the streets when there is a small gap in traffic because you could stand on the curb until you are 80 years old waiting for traffic to stop and let you walk across.
Yesterday, we were in Puerto Madero. It was previously a port with dry docks and assorted industrial enterprises. Today, it is being revitalized and it has a series of boardwalks, parks, conservation areas, restaurants and condos. It's a really nice area with loads of parkland. We finished up there in rush hour and flagged down a taxi to take us home. Driving in rush hour was an experience in itself. That chaos that I mentioned previously times 10. Ay, Ay, Ay! I could never drive here. To make any headway, drivers are zig-zagging all over the road, kind of tunnelling their way through traffic. And the funny thing about it is that, as our taxi driver was driving all over the road, including driving on the wrong side of a double solid line, and cutting in front of anyone that he got close to, he was shaking his head and and gesturing to all of the other drivers!
Our entire trip has been wonderful. Our primary objectives were to:
- Escape winter - Mission accomplished. For most of our trip, we had even warmer weather than expected. And we only had 3 days of rain! Bonus!
- Trek in Patagonia - Mission accomplished. We had some really great trekking days.
- See beautiful scenery - I think that the scenery exceeded expectations. It was amazing everywhere that we went. And more diverse than expected between each location.
- have some cultural experiences and learn more about how people live here. - Check. We did a lot of really fun things such as attend the Boca Juniors game. It was great fun and gave us really good insight into the lives of ordinary Argentinians.
- practice our Spanish - Lost cause. But really the only goal that wasn't achieved.
We are both surprised at what we missed while we have been away. Surprisingly, TV hasn't been a concern for Gord. When we are in Toronto, the TV is on from morning until bedtime but, we didn't have a tv for most of the time and it wasn't missed. That's probably because a lot of days, we've been out all day and we just crash when we get back to our room. It has been difficult to adjust to the way that they eat. Nothing but carbs and sugar for breakfast. Too much bread. Cakes and pastries at every meal. Hardly any vegetables. Giant portions of meat. Late, late dinners. So we both miss eating what we normally eat and when we normally eat it. Gord is looking forward to pancakes, peanut butter sandwiches and pizza. I am looking forward to a vegetable omelette (without the ham and cheese) and a big salad with lots of vegetables (free of ham and cheese). Did I mention that I am off of ham and cheese for a while?
It isn't lost on us how lucky we are to have been able to take this trip and to do everything that we have done. It has been a really great experience and we will do it again, in a different destination, if we have the chance. And I would return here, too. There's lots to do and see and many things are inexpensive. We don't have a plan for another big trip yet and we'll probably wait for a while before we think too much about it. We at least need to sort through our photos from this trip first.
Signing off for now.
Wednesday, 19 March 2014
So we went to a soccer game.....
The most famous soccer team in Argentina, and one of the most successful club teams in the world is the Club Atlético Boca Juniors. They are also renowned for having the most rabid fans anywhere. When we found out that they were going to be playing at home during our visit to Buenos Aires, we decided to attend. Mostly as a cultural experience, since neither of us really likes soccer.
The stadium holds somewhere between 49,000 and 57,000, depending on who you talk to. Every game is completely sold out to season ticket holders, who are all club members. The only way to get a ticket is to buy one from a scalper (which is almost guaranteed to be counterfeit), or to get one from one of the reputable tour companies that specialize in this. They have deals with season ticket holders to buy their membership cards, which they then loan to clients like us at about a 50,000% markup.
Anyway, we got tickets to a Boca Juniors home game at La Bombonera stadium. It included pickup and dropoff, as well as a chaperone in and out of the stadium and also in the stands. Needless to say, the La Boca area is not the nicest, especially after dark. The process worked pretty well and we never felt ill at ease. It wasn't perfect, but more about that later.
We got to the game about an hour before kickoff, which was good, because we got a good look at the stadium and the pre-game activities.
The real experience started about 30 minutes before kickoff. At one end of the stadium is an area where the most rabid fans are. Once the area is just about full, in come the real crazies and the fun begins. There are about 200 of them in full attire, complete with flags, capes and a band.
The band starts to play, the fans start to sing and chant and the whole stadium joins in. And they don't stop. Ever. They keep going for the entire game, except for halftime. And it gets LOUD - REALLY LOUD. They all wave their arms in unison, take their shirts off and wave their shirts. All game long. These are true fans.
The unsettling part is when they do one of their chants/songs where everyone bounces in unison. The entire stadium bounces. I'm not kidding. Solid concrete bouncing up and down.
It's really hard to describe the feeling. We were sitting with a guy from England, and he'd never seen anything like it.
But it was fun. A lot of fun. Really glad we did it.
And they do all of this with no alcohol. The stadium is alcohol-free. There are also no away team supporters allowed at any Argentina league games. Too much violence in the past.
Final score was 1-1, but we weren't there to watch soccer. We were there to watch people.
Remember when I said the process wasn't perfect? We're ready to leave after the game and our group has re-formed (we didn't all sit together), but there's one missing. This guy looked for all the world like Malcolm McDowell in a Hawaiian shirt. And he's missing. In the nastiest area in the whole city and there isn't a cab that will come within 20 blocks after a game because of the traffic. I figure he's dead, for sure. And our leader's reaction? "Looks like I lost one.". Seriously?
So we start our walk back to our shuttle bus which is about 10 or 12 blocks away, and after about 8 blocks in this crowd of 50,000 people, we spot this Hawaiian shirt. It's Malcolm McDowell, waiting at a red light. The odds of us finding him are incalculable, but there he is, alive and well.
So we all make it back home, and all had a great time. Quite an experience.
Michele has promised to write a final summary from the airport tomorrow.
One more sleep.
P.S. The food in Buenos Aires is excellent.
The stadium holds somewhere between 49,000 and 57,000, depending on who you talk to. Every game is completely sold out to season ticket holders, who are all club members. The only way to get a ticket is to buy one from a scalper (which is almost guaranteed to be counterfeit), or to get one from one of the reputable tour companies that specialize in this. They have deals with season ticket holders to buy their membership cards, which they then loan to clients like us at about a 50,000% markup.
Anyway, we got tickets to a Boca Juniors home game at La Bombonera stadium. It included pickup and dropoff, as well as a chaperone in and out of the stadium and also in the stands. Needless to say, the La Boca area is not the nicest, especially after dark. The process worked pretty well and we never felt ill at ease. It wasn't perfect, but more about that later.
We got to the game about an hour before kickoff, which was good, because we got a good look at the stadium and the pre-game activities.
The real experience started about 30 minutes before kickoff. At one end of the stadium is an area where the most rabid fans are. Once the area is just about full, in come the real crazies and the fun begins. There are about 200 of them in full attire, complete with flags, capes and a band.
The band starts to play, the fans start to sing and chant and the whole stadium joins in. And they don't stop. Ever. They keep going for the entire game, except for halftime. And it gets LOUD - REALLY LOUD. They all wave their arms in unison, take their shirts off and wave their shirts. All game long. These are true fans.
The unsettling part is when they do one of their chants/songs where everyone bounces in unison. The entire stadium bounces. I'm not kidding. Solid concrete bouncing up and down.
It's really hard to describe the feeling. We were sitting with a guy from England, and he'd never seen anything like it.
But it was fun. A lot of fun. Really glad we did it.
And they do all of this with no alcohol. The stadium is alcohol-free. There are also no away team supporters allowed at any Argentina league games. Too much violence in the past.
Final score was 1-1, but we weren't there to watch soccer. We were there to watch people.
Remember when I said the process wasn't perfect? We're ready to leave after the game and our group has re-formed (we didn't all sit together), but there's one missing. This guy looked for all the world like Malcolm McDowell in a Hawaiian shirt. And he's missing. In the nastiest area in the whole city and there isn't a cab that will come within 20 blocks after a game because of the traffic. I figure he's dead, for sure. And our leader's reaction? "Looks like I lost one.". Seriously?
So we start our walk back to our shuttle bus which is about 10 or 12 blocks away, and after about 8 blocks in this crowd of 50,000 people, we spot this Hawaiian shirt. It's Malcolm McDowell, waiting at a red light. The odds of us finding him are incalculable, but there he is, alive and well.
So we all make it back home, and all had a great time. Quite an experience.
Michele has promised to write a final summary from the airport tomorrow.
One more sleep.
P.S. The food in Buenos Aires is excellent.
Saturday, 15 March 2014
Even though we were in Mendoza 1 1/2 weeks ago, I don't think that we did it justice by only telling the story of the day that didn't go as planned. So, the bottom line about Mendoza is that we didn't have enough time there to really see and do the highlights. It is a nice city (population of entire area is 1.5M) with a fantastic, large park akin to Central Park. We thought that Mendoza was all about wine so we only allowed 3 days there. Enough time for a couple of tours in the mountains and a day to visit some wineries and perhaps an olive oil estate. Our intel was bad because there are really lots of things to do around Mendoza that aren't wine-related. If we had known all of the things to do while we were planning the trip, we would have included a few more days. The "extended adventure day" got us home at 1:30 AM and we were all bagged so we decided to cut our wine tour for the next and last day in Mendoza down to one winery (but a really good one) and a nice lunch. So, it turned out that we should have planned for a few more days in Mendoza.
There haven't been many disappointments on this trip but I am disappointed that we didn't see Aconcaqua while we were in Mendoza. Aconcaqua is the tallest mountain in The Americas and is on the list of mountains to climb for serious mountaineers. We were supposed to get to it on the now infamous day that we had to revise our plan but it didn't happen. Technically, we saw the mountain on our 1st day but the peak was covered in clouds so we just saw a part of the entire mountain. I'm not hung up on having missed Aconcagua since we did inadvertently trade that for another memorable experience.
After Mendoza, we were off to Salta. The city of Salta is nothing to write home about but it is the hub for travel around the province so we rented a car (SUV) and did a 5 day driving trip to see the area. It is very beautiful and much greener than further south. The people who live in Salta and Jujuy Provinces (which are directly south of Bolivia) are much more traditional and are largely indigenous. In this area, we really got to experience the very obvious difference in cultures between the south, middle and north. Something that really stood out to me is how simply the people in the north live. A lot of the adults (especially women) dress in some type of traditional/indigenous clothing. Their houses are very small (usually adobe) and they all have property on which they grow their own vegetables and raise animals for their own use. Outside of the cities, we've seen absolutely no large houses or any properties that would indicate afflence. It's like another world altogether up here and their lives bear no resemblance to the lives of people living in the cities.
We dropped off the rental car in Purma Marca and were picked up by a driver and guide to go to Tolar Grande. It is on a plain in the north western corner of Argentina on The Puna (Quechua word for desert) at an altitude of 11,800 feet, sandwiched between lines of The Andes. The town has a population of 350 people and looks just as I'd imagine a 1-horse town right out of a western movie set but without the horse. There are no services to speak of. It is not at all touristy and our hotel (the only one in town) had only 5 rooms. Breakfast at our hotel consisted only of coffee or tea and crackers and there are no stores or restaurants. Well, there was one restaurant but it only offered drinks and candy before 8:30 PM. So breakfasts were a health conscious combination of cookies, chocolate bars, apples and juice. It was a lucky coincidence that I bought a bunch of apples before we left Purma Marca because they were the only things with any nutritional value to be had. Ham and cheese would have been a luxury. They can't grow anything up there and absolutely everything gets trucked up once per week. It's got to be a tough life there. Almost everything about the last 3 days that we spent in the Puna was a new experience. Some of that was expected but the towns, our hotel, the meals, facilities, etc. were primitive far beyond what I imagined. The entire excursion was a unique experience.
The scenery has been spectacular everywhere that we've been, although the scenery has been different in each location. My biggest regret is that neither of our cameras have a polarizing filter so many of our photos aren't as colourful as what we actually saw. We both have terrific Nikon digital cameras that take high quality photos and have all sorts of great features (some of which I haven't even figured out) but there is no coupling to attach a polarizing filter. In spite of that short coming, we have taken a gazillion photos and will have a big job to cull and sort them when we get back to Toronto.
Now, the adventure part of the trip is over and we have arrived in Buenos Aires. We have 6 days to enjoy all that B.A. has to offer before we leave for home, and, unfortunately, winter weather. So I'm going to continue to enjoy the warm summer weather for the next 6 days. We rented a condo here and it's really nice. We have lots of space and a fantastic, outdoor patio. Once again, Gord did a great job at finding good accommodations for us.
And here's more on the continuing ham and cheese story.....While we were on our driving tour in The Puna on Thursday, we stopped for lunch at a restaurant and, having consumed a load of junk food for breakfast, I decided to order a vegetable omelette for lunch. I was asked if I wanted anything other than vegetables in my omelette and responded that I only wanted eggs and vegetables. So my vegetable omelette arrives and, of course it contains about 200 grams each of ham and cheese. Not a shred of plant matter to be found. Gord and I both cracked up. It was hilarious. And I am 100% certain that it had nothing to do with my Spanish language deficiency because our guide did the ordering and I watched the server write it down as ordered. I believe that there is now irrefutable evidence that ham and cheese is legally required to be included in all meals here. Those guys up in Tolar Grande are so far off of the grid that the authorities probably don't know that they are breaking the mandatory ham and cheese rules.
Did you know that potato chip bags explode at around 8,000 feet? Apparently, Gord and I are slow learners because we conducted that experiment twice.
As it turns out, the Mendoza off-road experience may not have been the most dangerous thing that we've done on this trip. We drove a recommended "scenic route" to get to Purma Marca and the road was in a cloud forest, on the side of some mountains and had a sharp, blind curve about every 200 feet (which makes the drive feel like you are continuously rocking back and forth and can be hypnotizing/sleep inducing so you have to really pay attention). To top that off, the road was only 4 meters wide so the lanes were not nearly as wide as the car. Of course there was almost no shoulder because of the sharp drop into the valley from the side of the road. Summary:
Fortunately, there wasn't much traffic ( probably because the road is only used by the stupid tourists) but it was the most tense "scenic drive" that I've ever been on and I didn't see any scenery. Thank God that's over!
Now for a laid back, un-adventuresome, danger-free walk to check out our Buenos Aires neighbourhood.
Hasta luego.
Week 6 photos can be found here .
There haven't been many disappointments on this trip but I am disappointed that we didn't see Aconcaqua while we were in Mendoza. Aconcaqua is the tallest mountain in The Americas and is on the list of mountains to climb for serious mountaineers. We were supposed to get to it on the now infamous day that we had to revise our plan but it didn't happen. Technically, we saw the mountain on our 1st day but the peak was covered in clouds so we just saw a part of the entire mountain. I'm not hung up on having missed Aconcagua since we did inadvertently trade that for another memorable experience.
After Mendoza, we were off to Salta. The city of Salta is nothing to write home about but it is the hub for travel around the province so we rented a car (SUV) and did a 5 day driving trip to see the area. It is very beautiful and much greener than further south. The people who live in Salta and Jujuy Provinces (which are directly south of Bolivia) are much more traditional and are largely indigenous. In this area, we really got to experience the very obvious difference in cultures between the south, middle and north. Something that really stood out to me is how simply the people in the north live. A lot of the adults (especially women) dress in some type of traditional/indigenous clothing. Their houses are very small (usually adobe) and they all have property on which they grow their own vegetables and raise animals for their own use. Outside of the cities, we've seen absolutely no large houses or any properties that would indicate afflence. It's like another world altogether up here and their lives bear no resemblance to the lives of people living in the cities.
We dropped off the rental car in Purma Marca and were picked up by a driver and guide to go to Tolar Grande. It is on a plain in the north western corner of Argentina on The Puna (Quechua word for desert) at an altitude of 11,800 feet, sandwiched between lines of The Andes. The town has a population of 350 people and looks just as I'd imagine a 1-horse town right out of a western movie set but without the horse. There are no services to speak of. It is not at all touristy and our hotel (the only one in town) had only 5 rooms. Breakfast at our hotel consisted only of coffee or tea and crackers and there are no stores or restaurants. Well, there was one restaurant but it only offered drinks and candy before 8:30 PM. So breakfasts were a health conscious combination of cookies, chocolate bars, apples and juice. It was a lucky coincidence that I bought a bunch of apples before we left Purma Marca because they were the only things with any nutritional value to be had. Ham and cheese would have been a luxury. They can't grow anything up there and absolutely everything gets trucked up once per week. It's got to be a tough life there. Almost everything about the last 3 days that we spent in the Puna was a new experience. Some of that was expected but the towns, our hotel, the meals, facilities, etc. were primitive far beyond what I imagined. The entire excursion was a unique experience.
The scenery has been spectacular everywhere that we've been, although the scenery has been different in each location. My biggest regret is that neither of our cameras have a polarizing filter so many of our photos aren't as colourful as what we actually saw. We both have terrific Nikon digital cameras that take high quality photos and have all sorts of great features (some of which I haven't even figured out) but there is no coupling to attach a polarizing filter. In spite of that short coming, we have taken a gazillion photos and will have a big job to cull and sort them when we get back to Toronto.
Now, the adventure part of the trip is over and we have arrived in Buenos Aires. We have 6 days to enjoy all that B.A. has to offer before we leave for home, and, unfortunately, winter weather. So I'm going to continue to enjoy the warm summer weather for the next 6 days. We rented a condo here and it's really nice. We have lots of space and a fantastic, outdoor patio. Once again, Gord did a great job at finding good accommodations for us.
And here's more on the continuing ham and cheese story.....While we were on our driving tour in The Puna on Thursday, we stopped for lunch at a restaurant and, having consumed a load of junk food for breakfast, I decided to order a vegetable omelette for lunch. I was asked if I wanted anything other than vegetables in my omelette and responded that I only wanted eggs and vegetables. So my vegetable omelette arrives and, of course it contains about 200 grams each of ham and cheese. Not a shred of plant matter to be found. Gord and I both cracked up. It was hilarious. And I am 100% certain that it had nothing to do with my Spanish language deficiency because our guide did the ordering and I watched the server write it down as ordered. I believe that there is now irrefutable evidence that ham and cheese is legally required to be included in all meals here. Those guys up in Tolar Grande are so far off of the grid that the authorities probably don't know that they are breaking the mandatory ham and cheese rules.
Did you know that potato chip bags explode at around 8,000 feet? Apparently, Gord and I are slow learners because we conducted that experiment twice.
As it turns out, the Mendoza off-road experience may not have been the most dangerous thing that we've done on this trip. We drove a recommended "scenic route" to get to Purma Marca and the road was in a cloud forest, on the side of some mountains and had a sharp, blind curve about every 200 feet (which makes the drive feel like you are continuously rocking back and forth and can be hypnotizing/sleep inducing so you have to really pay attention). To top that off, the road was only 4 meters wide so the lanes were not nearly as wide as the car. Of course there was almost no shoulder because of the sharp drop into the valley from the side of the road. Summary:
- Endless sharp, blind curves
- One lane each way that was about 3/4 of the width required to pass oncoming traffic
- Only a few feet of shoulder
- No real opportunity to pull over if your car had a problem ( truthfully, there were a couple of places but only a couple)
Fortunately, there wasn't much traffic ( probably because the road is only used by the stupid tourists) but it was the most tense "scenic drive" that I've ever been on and I didn't see any scenery. Thank God that's over!
Now for a laid back, un-adventuresome, danger-free walk to check out our Buenos Aires neighbourhood.
Hasta luego.
Week 6 photos can be found here .
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